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Macroeconomics
Ch. 7
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
01/15/2009

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2 ways to calculate GDP
Definition
Expenditure Approach and Resource Cost-income Approach
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What goes into the Expenditure Approach?
Definition
Personal consumption expenditures, gross private domestic investment, government consumption and gross investment, and net exports of goods and services
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What goes into the Resource Cost-Income Approach?
Definition
aggregate income, non-income cost items, and net income of foreigners
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def. of expenditure approach
Definition
the dollar flow of expenditures on final goods
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def. of Resource Cost-Income Approach
Definition
the dollar flow of income and indirect cost from final goods
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formula for inflation rate
Definition
{[(This year's PI) - (Last year's PI)]/last year's PI}{100}
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Real GDP formula
Definition
(nominal GDP)[(GDP Deflator of base year)/(GDP of year)]
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Problems with using the GDP to gauge prosperity
Definition
non-market production, underground economy, leisure and human costs, quality variation and introduction of new goods, harmful side effects and economic bads
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